DEFIANCE, Ohio, May 4, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- SB Financial Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: SBFG) ("SB Financial" or the "Company"), a diversified financial services company providing full-service community banking, mortgage banking, wealth management and item processing services, today announced that American Banker named SB Financial as one of its Top 200 Publicly Traded Community Banks and Thrifts.

The publication issues the rankings annually for publicly traded banks and thrifts with less than $2 billion in assets. Companies earn a Top 200 ranking based on their return on average equity across a span of three years.

"We are very pleased to be recognized by the highly-respected American Banker publication as a Top 200 Community Bank," said Mark Klein, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of SB Financial. "This designation further validates the success of our strategic direction to develop SB Financial into a top-quartile financial services company, and create value for our shareholders."

American Banker published the ranking as part its May 2015 issue.

About SB Financial Group

Headquartered in Defiance, Ohio, SB Financial is a diversified financial services holding company with two wholly-owned operating subsidiaries: State Bank and RDSI. State Bank provides a full range of financial services for consumers and small businesses, including wealth management, mortgage banking and commercial and agricultural lending, operating through 16 banking centers in eight northwestern Ohio counties and one center in Fort Wayne, Indiana, as well as three loan production offices located in Columbus, Ohio, and Angola, Indiana. RDSI provides item processing services to community banks located primarily in the Midwest. SB Financial's common stock is listed on the NASDAQ Capital Market under the symbol "SBFG". SB Financial's depository shares, each representing a 1/100th interest in our preferred shares, Series A are listed on the NASDAQ Capital Market under the symbol "SBFGP".

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